Who are Rigorious?

Rigorious' sound is Heavy Power Metal with synthesizers and orchestral elements. The powerful and at the same time driving songs of the band from Monheim are rounded off by strong, melodic vocals. Vocalist Jess stands out with her powerful and melodious voice, which gives the songs both intensity and harmonic depth and lends Rigorious an unmistakable vocal signature. Rigorious is also characterized by precise, melodic backings, for which bassist Sebastian and guitarist Christopher are responsible. Christopher stands out with his powerful riffing, his catchy voice and his harmonious backing vocals. On the bass, Sebastian contributes his own, but not overloaded, catchy bass lines as well as a second, clean backing voice. For especially hard parts he also does shouts. Lead guitarist Lukas F., one of the founding members of the band formed in 2021, gets his high recognition value through his fast, expressive and classical solo sound as well as his tendency to compose great hooks again and again. On the drums, Paul provides penetrating double bass passages, driving grooves and powerful fills. At the same time, he manages to keep the arrangements from becoming too overloaded and to give the side instruments plenty of room to develop. Their 10-song debut album "Night of Retribution", which was produced by none other than Chris Boltendahl (Grave Digger), offers sounds in the style of Battle Beast to Blind Guardian with a vocal style that you will recognize on second hearing. As the name of the debut album already indicates, the content is mainly about fighting in a medieval fantasy setting. Rousing titles like "Brothers arise" and "Children of the Night" are juxtaposed with melancholic songs like "Lost" or "Lay with me" to illuminate the topic in as many different ways as possible. Despite their short band history, Rigorious have already shared the stage with the likes of Serious Black, Brainstorm and Rage and played their first festivals in 2023! In 2025, the band took the next step and went on two European tours, supporting Grave Digger and Serious Black across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, while promoting their second Album "Kingdom Unfold". In early 2026, founding singer Lukas R. parted ways with the band. His successor Jess has since taken over the microphone, shaping the new chapter of Rigorious' sound.